door ding protectors ...?

[JBougie]

Is there such a thing available for the Yaris? I want to get the insane dents out of my car caused by some d!ck at my apartment who obviously didn't know how to open his/her door properly. Well, I don't want to get them fixed and not have something to try and prevent it from happening again.

I have googled it and I have searched on here, but I don't know what they would be called other than "door guards" and nothing has popped up.

I see cars with the stripe down the middle of the door to protect from carts and whatnot, and that's what I want. Just an extra barrier to protect my baby from people lol

Anyone have any ideas on where I can go pick one of these up at?

[Pitt Yaris]

I would assume any car website or auto store.

[andru47]

Yeah Autozone or Discount auto parts should carry something you can buy, now whether it is color matched or not will be the issue. It will just look funky.

[MPC Motorsports]

You want some body side moldings...
http://i.ebayimg.com/08/!BPTE7GgBWk~$(KGrHgoOKkEEjlLm(F82BJy8imkLnQ~~_1.JP G
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2007-8-9-TOYOTA-YARIS-4-DOOR-PAINTED-BODY-SIDE-MOLDING_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ66Q3a4Q7c65Q3a 10Q7c39Q3a1Q7c240Q3a1318Q7c301Q3a1Q7c293Q3a1Q7c294 Q3a200QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem1e5644d e2fQQitemZ130296372783QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5f PartsQ5fAccessories
They come painted in whatever your factory color is.

[AlexNet0]

You can get those 5" hard foam moldings like the driver's ED cars have in Boston, MA, haha

[anonymous user]

Is there such a thing available for the Yaris? I want to get the insane dents out of my car caused by some d!ck at my apartment who obviously didn't know how to open his/her door properly. Well, I don't want to get them fixed and not have something to try and prevent it from happening again.

I have googled it and I have searched on here, but I don't know what they would be called other than "door guards" and nothing has popped up.

I see cars with the stripe down the middle of the door to protect from carts and whatnot, and that's what I want. Just an extra barrier to protect my baby from people lol

Anyone have any ideas on where I can go pick one of these up at?

I have used 2 kinds. If you have uncovered parking, you can use this: http://www.completegarage.com/Suction_Cup_Door_Guard_for_Car_P421.cfm
They work good, but if windy (50+mph), may fly off, but it's heavy, so will stay near the car.


Or if you are in a garage, where your car stays dry this is good too: http://www.doordefender.com/car_and_truck_door_protectors.html
Mine's in grey.

[anonymous user]

Is there such a thing available for the Yaris? I want to get the insane dents out of my car caused by some d!ck at my apartment who obviously didn't know how to open his/her door properly. Well, I don't want to get them fixed and not have something to try and prevent it from happening again.

I have googled it and I have searched on here, but I don't know what they would be called other than "door guards" and nothing has popped up.

I see cars with the stripe down the middle of the door to protect from carts and whatnot, and that's what I want. Just an extra barrier to protect my baby from people lol

Anyone have any ideas on where I can go pick one of these up at?

I have 2 kinds. If you have uncovered parking, you can use this: http://www.completegarage.com/Suction_Cup_Door_Guard_for_Car_P421.cfm
They work good, but if windy (50+mph), may fly off, but it's heavy, so will stay near the car.


Or if you are in a garage, where your car stays dry this is good too: http://www.doordefender.com/car_and_truck_door_protectors.html
Mine's in grey.

These have worked for me, i have some extremely insensitive neighbors who FKKED up all 4 of my cars exteriors with dings and scratches.

[b00sted4fun]

my car came from the dealer w/ the rubber trim on the doors and around the wheel wells

[Fenrizwolf]

I have the moldings from sparks toyota but they tell you to put them too low, if they were placed higher they would work a lot better.

[MadMax]

People are getting confused here. The OP is not looking for those things that go on the back edge of the door so you don't put dings in other cars if you accidentally hit them; he is looking for those larger rubber strips that go down the outside of the door (parallel to the ground) the protects his doors when other people (aka idiots) hit his door!

I have to admit, I never knew that anyone made the things anonymous user posted, but that's a great idea! However, I believe the OP is looking for something that is permanently attached...

Plus, as the "security tether" is a small cable, it is easily cut and away go your $60+ door protectors! At least the suction cup ones are cheap ($8)!

Cheers! M2

[GeneW]

I've seen them around.....

I have had a brain fart about door trim which is transparent to IR and contains IR LEDs that confuse those road side IR things. Just haven't gotten around to making them.

Gene

[SailDesign]

Buy an old Fiat 126 and strip the mouldings off it, they may still make them in Poland. The side mouldings were great. This is my old one from before I left England. The rubber is about 3" thick, and protected the doors from just about everything, including side-swiping a brick bridge.

[TLyttle]

Har har! Now then, this business of "sideswiping a bridge"... Are you speaking from experience here? ;-)

[SailDesign]

Har har! Now then, this business of "sideswiping a bridge"... Are you speaking from experience here? ;-)

Um - yes....
I had a section of my commute in the UK that was back-roads (REALLY twisty lanes in behind Borden, Hants, for those who know the area) and one turn was a 120 onto a brick bridge. The farm on the other side of the bridge was a cow farm, and if the cows had been moved from the field on one side of the road to the home fields, there would be a thick layer of cowshit on the road. The first time I found out about this I actually bounced from side to side of the bridge as I went across it. No damage apart from some minor scuffing on the rubber. Mind you, those cars are LIGHT!
Never repeated that midstake.

[YAR1S]

Seriously. Make your own and save yourself a lot of money. Get some long foam blocks and some magnets and there you go. LOL

[Meteorite_Marty]

Couple of options for the Yaris in the ebay search I did...

http://shop.ebay.com/items/?_nkw=yaris+side+moulding&_sacat=0&_trksid=p3286.m270.l1313&_odkw=yaris+side+mouldin&_osacat=0

Don't rule out UK sellers either. They ship fast and cheap to North America.

[09YarisNC]

I just hang a few old tires on the outside of the door, sort of like when you would dock a boat. Most drivers stay far away from me.:biggrin:

[yaris-me]

Door protectors are a good idea. It can give peace of mind, but it will not always protect. There are different size vehicles and the protectors pretty much protect against vehicles that are the same size. SUVs and trucks are much higher. Some people just don't care about other people's cars and will open their door as wide as possible so they are not inconvenienced. I try to park away from other cars.

[Yarisight]

I got the vertical door and wheel well protectors on my car from the dealer standard (I didn't ask for them) when I bought my car. I got the color matched horizontal "door ding protectors" off of e-bay.

[birdman]

I measured the ones on the current VW Rabbit 3dr and they were perfect. I ordered them snipped off the alignment tabs and carefully mounted them on the doors of my Yaris 3dr. 2 peices each side. No cutting required. Helps to visually elongate and bring the appearance of height down.

I didn't know about the ones above until I saw these pictures. My dealership and internet search produced no results. LB owners might want the Rabbit ones as they are great looking too. I left mine black to offset the trim.